I've no idea what OPC is but I'd have thought that OOXML would likely be controversial - or have all the word processing types made up since the OOXML/ODF kerfuffle [1] of a few years ago?
S. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Open_XML#Standardization_process On 19/04/11 22:19, Trevor Freeman wrote: > Having agreed that files and are the conceptually the same as email from > a policy access control perspective, there is one important distinction. > > > > Email has a standard mechanism to define multiple parts of a message to > represent different aspects of the message i.e. MIME. > > > > We don’t have that for files so we don’t have a simple generic way to > attach the extra metadata to a file. > > > > Some standard file formats have specific extension mechanisms we can use > e.g. OOXML which would allow you to define a way to attach the plasma > metadata to the file type in question. > > > > Alternatively there exist generic file container standards what can hold > any combination of files and data e.g. OPC which would provide a generic > solution for any file type. > > > > If we were to expand files for consideration with Plasma, which would be > the best first step, a specific solution like OOXML or a generic > solution such as OPC? > > > > *Dr Trevor Freeman* Senior Security Strategist > > *End to End Trust Team > <http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/twc/endtoendtrust/default.mspx>* > > *Microsoft Trustworthy > Computing<http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/twc/default.mspx>* > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > plasma mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma _______________________________________________ plasma mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma
